NADA NEW YORK
TRANSFER DOWNLOAD
March 8th through March 11th, 2018
TRANSFER Download Installation GIF from Haus der elektronischen Künste in Basel, featuring ‘SIGNALS’ by Rick Silva and Nicolas Sassoon
VISIT
NADA New York
March 8–11, 2018
Skylight Clarkson Sq
550 Washington Street
VIP Preview by Invitation
Thursday, March 8, 10am–2pm
Opening Preview by Invitation
Thursday, March 8, 12–2pm
Open to the Public
Thursday, March 8, 2–8pm
Friday, March 9 12–8pm
Saturday, March 10, 12–8pm
Sunday, March 11, 12–6pm
THE TRANSFER DOWNLOAD IS A VIRTUAL EXHIBITION FORMAT THAT PRESENTS A ‘DOWNLOAD’ OF ARTISTS EXPLORING SIMULATION, ALGORITHM, PROCEDURAL ANIMATION AND ONLINE PRACTICE. Each instantiation of The Download is unique – multiple artworks are installed in one hyperspace, creating a layered salon-style exhibition format developed in 2016 at the Minnesota Street Project in San Francisco and exhibited again as part of The Current Museum in NYC before traveling to Haus der elektronischen Künste in Basel and the Chronus Art Center in Shanghai in 2017.
The works selected for the Download at NADA New York 2018 showcase a generation of 3D experimentalism, to spark a discussion of power, technology and images in the 21st century. The artists employ commercial tools to critical ends – presenting simulations of the body, post-human forms, dystopian landscapes, speculative AI, and disorienting architectures. In this selection of works, perfection falls apart, and in this opening the artists propose new possibilities.
The TRANSFER Download’s immersive 3-channel display is controlled by a tablet which allows viewers to select a work from the playlist, offering a large-format catalog of contemporary artworks. Originally conceived by Harvey Moon and Kelani Nichole to exhibit TRANSFER artists, the virtual installation platform is being adapted in 2018 to display a wider selection of moving image, 360° and immersive works at art fairs, foundations and museums.
Participating artists include AES+F, Snow Yunxue Fu, Claudia Hart, Alex McLeod, Eva Papamargariti, Pussykrew, Sabrina Ratte, Rick Silva & Nicolas Sassoon, Theo Triantafyllidis, Lu Yang.